Interview with Olga Smirnova: from Bolshoi Ballet to Dutch National Ballet

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  • Опубликовано: 31 июл 2024
  • Olga Smirnova, former Principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet, joined Graham Watts in conversation via Zoom from her home in Amsterdam where she is a now a Principal dancer with Dutch National Ballet.
    In a long ranging discussion with Graham, she discussed her training at the Vaganova Academy in St Petersburg. Her career at the Bolshoi, her guest appearances with companies such as American Ballet Theatre and Hamburg Ballet and her current work with Dutch National Ballet.
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Комментарии • 18

  • @user-uh1td8iv1n
    @user-uh1td8iv1n Месяц назад +5

    Thank you Graham for not asking political questions regarding Olga's move to Dutch National Ballet. Those are quite sensitive questions and Olga has been asked them over and over for 2 years. Each time she did an interview and got asked those questions again I rolled my eyes. I'm sure that was a tough decision for her and we should all let her look ahead.

  • @paulkatz
    @paulkatz Месяц назад +6

    Great dancer and a thoroughly charming person.

  • @MishaSkripach
    @MishaSkripach 24 дня назад +2

    Thank you for inviting this amazing guest!
    Olga was always the top student, even when little. There are videos of her in class.

  • @pedrogarciarias129
    @pedrogarciarias129 24 дня назад +4

    Wonderful, exact change in the correct moment...she is the dance warrior against a diabolic invasion, Olga is my heroine, brave woman and amazing ballerina, those attacks made her greatest, TRUE is always indestructible and Olga´s inner light will never destructed, of course,🥰💐💐💐💐🌹 anybody could destroy it!, BRAVA

  • @candidacarino669
    @candidacarino669 Месяц назад +3

    Balanchine's 'Emerald' is a charming variation and Smirnova is quite gorgeous ❤! Her dress, combination colours of black and medium electric blue, is chic and fashionable ❤. I quite like Smirnova ❤. Thank you @ London Ballet Circle for sharing ❤😊.

  • @georginareid3828
    @georginareid3828 10 дней назад

    Loved this thank you !

  • @RaffaellaRenzi-hj1qh
    @RaffaellaRenzi-hj1qh 27 дней назад +3

    I yust whach this beautiful interview with Olga Smirnova and
    Graham I as very beautiful and interesting she is a diamond

  • @MishaSkripach
    @MishaSkripach 24 дня назад +3

    Ольга, мы Вас любим, как и раньше! Русские любители балета есть во всем мире!

  • @operaguy1
    @operaguy1 27 дней назад +3

    Olga and Chudin in the "kiss" scene from "Beauty." Amazing. I believed every second of it.

  • @operaguy1
    @operaguy1 Месяц назад +1

    3 minutes in, and the hosts are blah blah blah.

  • @operaguy1
    @operaguy1 Месяц назад +4

    She is a champion of the west, for her stance on Putin.

    • @mathildewesendonck7225
      @mathildewesendonck7225 Месяц назад +4

      Unfortunately she gets so much hate in Russia. There is such a shitstorm in Russian social media channels, she doesn’t deserve that. She is a wonderful dancer and a beautiful and eloquent woman. ❤

    • @user-fp6hc3br1b
      @user-fp6hc3br1b 27 дней назад

      Ольга очень умна! Напомню, что она освоила трудную концепцию балета Орландо, по мотивам романа Вирджинии Вулф

    • @user-fp6hc3br1b
      @user-fp6hc3br1b 27 дней назад +2

      Я считаю ее самой интересной балериной последних лет!

    • @ladygeronimo1269
      @ladygeronimo1269 15 дней назад +1

      Она против войны. Это всё, что вам надо понимать.

    • @marinalambert1256
      @marinalambert1256 14 дней назад

      Раньше о ней и слышно не было. Уехала и стали говорить. Неплохая балерина